Woman Killed in Motorcycle Accident
A 25-year-old woman riding a motorcycle was killed early Saturday after she rammed into the back of a car and was then crushed by another vehicle, police said.
Investigators declined to release the woman’s name pending notification of relatives.
Irvine Police Sgt. Tim Smith said the accident occurred at 12:35 a.m. on northbound Culver Drive just north of the San Diego Freeway. The woman was traveling about 80 m.p.h. when her motorcycle struck the rear of a car.
She was thrown a few hundred feet from the crash scene and run over by at least one unidentified vehicle, Smith said.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, bystanders were trying to administer artificial respiration to the injured woman, but she died moments later.
No other injuries were reported.
Smith said the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet. An investigation is continuing.
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